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by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)

Ao crepúsculo
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
O crepúsculo cai, tão manso e benfazejo
Que me adoça o pesar de estar em terra estranha.
E enquanto o ângelus abençoa o lugarejo,
Eu penso em ti, apaziguado e sem desejo,
Fitando no horizonte a linha da montanha.

A montanha é tranqüila e forte, e grande e boa.
Ela afaga o meu sonho. E alegra-me pensar
(Tanto a saudade a um tempo acalenta e magoa!)
Que tu, na doce paz da tarde que se escoa,
Teces o mesmo sonho, ouvindo e vendo o mar.

Embalada na voz do grande solitário,
Tu mortificarás teu casto coração
Na dor de revocar o noivado precário.
(Ah, por que te confiei o meu desejo vário?
Por que me desvendaste a tua sedução?)

Se nos aparta o espaço, o tempo -- esse nos liga.
A lembrança é no amor a cadeia mais pura.
Tu tens o grande Amigo e eu tenho a grande Amiga:
O mar segredará tudo quanto eu te diga,
E a montanha dir-me-á a tua imensa ternura.

Text Authorship:

  • by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "Ao crepúsculo", appears in A cinza das horas, first published 1917 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Helza de Cordoville Camêu (1903 - 1995), "Ao crepúsculo", op. 25 no. 8 (1943), from Suite lírica, no. 8, voice and piano [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 165

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